I am new to Linux, just installed Debian 3.0r1 to and including the basic setup. The OS appears in text mode, and I could not get further than logging in, having no clue of OS commands.
Questions:-
1. Is there any Internet access to Linux commands? (I have not found any at Debian and Redhat sites.)
Assuming you have networking installed/configured, you can use "lynx" or "links" or other apps or text-mode web browsing; you can use ftp and sftp and telnet and ssh; you can use exim+mutt for mail, etc etc etc.
Try something like "lynx www.google.com" to go to Google. If you get something like "lynx: command not found", try "apt-get install lynx" and then try the web.
2. Gnome, KDE, X interfaces do not appear - How to invoke them?
You probably don't have enough of the X-related packages installed. Try installing the following:
xbase-fonts xbase-clients xserver-xfree86 kde
and see how far along that gets you.
As it is, the installed Linux is a dead page.
Thanks.
G.L. Seymour
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